If you are running short of the internet data then you need to monitor the complete data usage of your internet. In windows 7, there is a widget where you can actually view the actual status of internet usage when you are connected to the internet. However, on the other version of windows this feature was missing.
So we are here with an excellent method that will allow you to monitor your data usage properly in order to avoid extra charges of overusing internet plans. So have a look on complete guide discussed below to proceed. GlassWire’s network monitor visualizes your current and past network activity by traffic type, application, geographic location, all on a beautiful and easy to understand graph.
Go back in time up to 30 days and see what your computer or server was doing in the past. Click the graph to see details of what app or network event caused a spike in network activity. So must try out this cool software in your windows PC and have complete track on your internet usage to manage them best according to your plan. Also with this tool, you do lots of other things too like creating firewall etc in your windows PC.
#3 Free Meter. BitMeter OS is a free, open-source, bandwidth monitor that works on Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX. BitMeter OS keeps track of how much you use your internet/network connection and allows you to view this information either via a web browser or by using the command line tools. The Web Interface displays various graphs and charts that show how your internet/network connection has been used over time – online demo available. The Monitor pane displays a graph that updates once each second, showing you what’s happening with your connection right now.
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Broadband Usage Meter is a free tool that lets you monitor data usage in real-time, and allows you to keep an eye on your internet data usage. It’s a handy and lightweight tool that sits nicely on your desktop and shows live updates on your internet data usage. If your computer is the only one in your house, or your bandwidth use is the only use that matters to you, you can install a bandwidth monitor on your computer to track how much data you consume.
Hi everybody. So, over the past few months, my family's monthly data usage limit has been grossly high. We pay for 250 gigs a month and lately have been having usages of over 320 gigs. I just need to know how to monitor web traffic on an ip address basis so I can pick out the culprit. I have already looked into dd-wrt scripts and alternate router firmwares.
The dd-wrt scripts ended in failure and I couldn't seem to figure out the alternate router firmwares (such as gargoyle). Is there anything I can do? I would rather leave my main router alone for the most part.
I have 3 other crappy routers that are not doing anything that I have at my disposal. It appears you have tried the methods that I normally recommend using router firmware. Glasswire will not work since it can not see other machines and does not even get all traffic on the machine it runs on. Most times I used a feature called netflow to export the data flows to a server from the router. I always just used the free prtg to collect the data. Still all methods use a similar design.
You first must find a way to intercept the traffic. You could put a inline server firewall in. You would do Main router(wireless disabled)-firewall-router running as AP/switch This would force all traffic to go though the firewall.
The firewall would act as the router and DHCP source to the lan. If you run the second router as a router the NAT would make it hard to find the actual issue. Most firewalls has extensive traffic reporting abilities.
The other common way is to use a switch that has mirror ability and use something like wireshark to collect and analyze the data. It still would be Main router (wireless disabled)-switch-ap. You need to force the wireless traffic though the switch. You might be able to use one of your routers running dd-wrt as a switch with a mirror port. If you can do the mirror function depends on the lan chips in the router.
I forget its been so long but there was some strange restriction. Now either asus or tplink latest firmware has greatly increased their ability to display this type of information. I forget which and am too lazy to read the manuals. But if a new router would be a option then you might consider doing that.
What the switch does is copy all the data going to and from the main router to the wireshark pc. So lets say the main router is on port 1. Your monitor pc is on port 2, you have user machines and your AP on the other ports. You configure the switch to copy all data being send and received from port 1 to port 2. Wireshark is smart enough figure this all out. Technically you can use the pc that is running wiresshark while you capture but you may have to set a special option in the switch.
In your case it would likely make little difference but it causes confusing capture. Say you would browse a web page. Wireshark would capture the session and then you would get a second copy of the traffic when it was mirrored to you as it went on the router port.